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In 1940, the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed into Puget Sound. The suspension bridge was insured for 80% of its value by no less than 22 different insurers – a total of $5,200,000.

One insurer, Hallet R. French, was arrested on charges of grand larceny after withholding $800,000 in insurance premiums. French pled guilty at his trial and served only 2 years of his 15-year sentence.